Jeremiah 32:16-18

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

Jeremiah Prays for Understanding

¹⁶ After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord, saying: ¹⁷ Ah Lord God! It is you who made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you. ¹⁸ You show steadfast love to the thousandth generation,^[a] but repay the guilt of parents into the laps of their children after them, O great and mighty God whose name is the Lord of hosts,